<p>lastof3,</p>
<p>W&M students are plenty well rounded, IMO. The quality hokies just lost to James Madison in football. W&M students volunteer, join clubs, go to sporting events, go to the delis (bars), go to mug night (sunday night at green leafe, this is an institution at W&M), throw frisbees in the sunken gardens, play IM sports.</p>
<p>Regarding things to do on campus, W&M is very contained. This means that the majority of the students live on campus, so things are centered around campus. There is a big concert every semester. There are smaller concerts when the weather is nice on the Sadler Center terrace (“fridays at 5”). There are a cappella concerts (free) every Wednesday night at the Wren building.</p>
<p>The fraternity parties are generally open to anyone, which is not always the case at other schools. Also, clubs on campus host parties for their members. As do club sports teams (and likely varsity sports teams as well).</p>
<p>Many top high school students come to W&M. They cannot all graduate at the top of the class at W&M. It’s just not possible. That said, W&M has a superb relationship with graduate schools. W&M students are accepted to top programs every year in virtually every discipline you could imagine. Not all of these students have 3.8 GPAs. W&M has a very good reputation among employers also. I literally just talked to someone yesterday (about a fall internship) who said “one of the reasons we really liked your application was that you went to W&M; obviously a very strong school.”</p>
<p>As far as school spirit, W&M has tons. You will always see people decked out in W&M gear. If you made it to admitted students day, you would’ve seen lots of students in “I am W&M” tshirts. You would’ve had the chance to stop any student who would’ve been happy to tell you why they love W&M. Over 3000 students show up for some W&M football games. While the 3000 is not a lot compared to VTech, you must remember that 3000 W&M students is over 50% of the undergraduate student body. This is a huge percentage. Additionally, I feel pretty confident that W&M will make the NCAA basketball tournament for the first time in the next few years. Your kid will be able to witness history.</p>
<p>As far as off campus stuff, I’m not sure how VT can win in this category, unless by “stuff to do off campus” you mean “bars to get drunk at.” W&M is very close to Busch Gardens, and there is even a day in the fall where W&M students get discounted tickets. There are go karts, a great minigolf place, Sno to Go (a Williamsburg icon), multiple movie theaters, New Town with great restaurants, the bars right next to campus (and a few further away, like the Leafe at New Town and Library Tavern), outlet stores, Jamestown, Yorktown, the beach, great restaurants in Merchant Square and on Richmond Road.</p>
<p>Also, it doesn’t take 45 minutes to walk across the W&M campus.</p>
<p>hope something in there helped… I know it’s kind of ramble-ish. My mind is slightly fried from leaving for my internship at 7am and getting back from my grad class at 9:30 at night.</p>